Back-band hook.



No. 729,387. I PATBNTED- MAY 26, 190s.

E. L. MOGLAIN'.

BACK' BAND HOOK. 'APPLIQATION rum) JULY 5. 1902,

N0 MODEL.

No. 729,387. g y

UNITED STATES Patented Mayk26, 1,903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD MCCLAIN, OF GREENFIELD, OHIO.V

BACK-BAND HooK.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent N0. 729,387, dated May 26, 1903.

l Application illed .Tuly 5, 1902. Serial No. 114.378. (No model.) Y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. McCLAIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Greeniield, county of Highland, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Back-Band Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a back-band hook having a series of loops -which enable the band upon which it is attached to be used upon various-sized horses, which may be adj usted readily to change it for one or for another horse, is adapted to engage different kinds and sizes of chains, and in which when in use the link contacts only the loop which it is engaging. This object kis attained by'` the means described in the specification, and` illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichl Figure lis a side elevation of a back-band liook embodying my invention attached to a backeband, which is shown in position upon a horse. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a back-band with a back-band hook attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a detail .elevation of the hook embodying my invention, the link being removed therefrom. Fig. l is a central sec.- tional view of the same. Fig. 5 lis a detail perspective view of the link, the link of the chain being shown engaged thereby. Fig. 6

is a detail view showing manner of engaging' the hook at the upper end of the link withv one of the loops of the back-band hook. Fig.-A

Link C, which is to couple the trace-chain D to the back-band, has at its upper end a hook c, whose end c projects forward out of the plane of the hook c. At its lower end C has a small hook c2, which hasan end si1nilar to c.Y

To engage link C with any one of the loops a, the link C is held with hook c in a plane 'substantially parallel to the plane of the -frame A, as shown in Fig. 6. The end c of the link then readily passes' loop a into the interior of the hook c. When the link hangs down in place, end c assumes the position shown in Fig. 7, which prevents its being disengaged from loop a, its disengagement there# from being capable of accomplishment only .when the link is carried to position shown in fFig. 6J The lower hook cengages the link d of the chain D in a manner similar to that in which hook c engages loop a.. In use it is seen that link() is readily passed through one for the other of loops a, Vaccording to the size 'of the horse upon which the back-band B is placed, and that when so engaged it is not apt to be disengaged by accident, and that when engaging oneof the upper loops a the llink does not in use strike against the lower loops of the hook, as illustrated Vin Fig. 4.

lt is likewise apparent that the' chain of the trace 'is likewise little liable to bedisengaged from the link C by accident and that it will lit various kinds and sizes of gchains.

What I claim is- A back-band hook having a seriesof loops Iarranged one below the other, each loop of the series projecting out beyond the one below it and a link for coupling any one of the loops to a trace, substantially as shown and described. f

EDWARD L. MCCLAIN.

Witnesses i ALBERT M. MACKERLEY,

H. N. NEWBECK. 

